Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 50

GENESIS.

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49—~—-31 I0 I1 I2 16 Wu Simzuu mm @2hi. Simeon and Levi are brothers; Cruel weapons are hidden with them ; To their plottings go not my soul ! My honour, join not their clan For they murdered guiitless men, Andhjoyfully murdered a prince. Curse their crime, as great, and their transgression, For it sorely troubled }a,cob, and Israel shamed. @¤ gum};. judah you shall direct your brothers; Your hand shall be on the neck of your foes; To you shall the sons of your father bow I- A young lion, ]udah, for plunder! My son springs from his couch like a lion- And as a 1ioness,·——who dare rouse him ? The sceptre shall not depart from judah, Or the Giver of Law from between his feet, Till peace arrive, and the nations obey him.- Bound to the vine like an ass, And a colt the son of a stepper, He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of clusters ! His eyes shall be bright as grapes, And his teeth be white as milk! Eu Zzhulun. Let Zebulon dwell on the shore of the sea, On the shore of the ships, And extend his legs to the fishery! Gu Essnkar. A strong ass, lssakar, lies in the stall ;— And he saw that rest was good, And the land, that it was pleasant, So he gives his back to the load, And becomes a servant for hire! ®¤ @:1u. Dan shall govern his people, As a sceptred Prinee of Israel! Dan is a snake in the path, An adder laid in the road, He will bite the heels of the horses, Who will throw their riders back· wards. For your victory trust on the LGRD Z ®¤ ®¤¤. ·—-· 18 Gad,——A troop l-—He shall troop, But a troop shall deceive him l Ga Qsbzr. For Asher, his food shall be rich, And his are the royal pleasures. ®¤ £upI;il;ali.

Naphthali isa nimble stag, Has the gift of eloquent speech! Eu §¤z2pl;.

joseph! a fruitful plant! A fruitful plant by a well, With branches spread on the wall l But the master of arrows provoked, And shot, and pierced him; But he turned to his powerful bow, And the hands of his arms were quick By the hands of the mighty GOD of jacob, From Whom is Israel's guardian stone. May the Gon of your father guard you ;——— And the ALM1oury bless you! With blessings from the sky above. With blessings below of dancing water, With the bliss of the breasts, and love! May the blessings of your father strengthen, With the bliss of the fertile vales. May the wealth of the ancient hills Be heaped on the head of joseph ; More nobly crowned than his brothers ! we Qnnjumin. Benjamin ! awolf, shall eat plunder at morn, And at night shall divide his spoil. All the offshoots of Israel were

twelve. And their father said this to them, and blessed each with his bless- ing; with blessings adapted to each. Then he addressed them and said; I shall be added to my people,

Bury me with my fathers, in the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hitite; in the cave which is in the field of Makphelah, which is near Mamra in the land of Canan, which Held Abraham bought from Ephron the Hitite for a place of burial. Abraham is buried there, and Sarah his wife. Isaac is buried there, and Rebekka his wife, and there I buried 20

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